Haweswater is a reservoir to the far east of the Lake District where submerged villages lie beneath the surface of the water. The valley was flooded in 1935 in order to supply Manchester with water and to this day when water levels are low, what remains of the villages become visible once more. We have a lovely route that follows Riggendale Crag, an exposed ridge that starts at the valley head, you can find it as part of our Trail Mail 02 Subscription.#followthisway#trailmail

Iggy in the lost village of Mardale. In the 1930s the Lakeland village of Mardale was evacuated and flooded to make way for Haweswater Reservoir. According to Wikipedia, most of the village’s buildings were used as demolition practice by the Royal Engineers, save for the church, which was dismantled stone by stone - and apparently its graveyard’s residents were disinterred and moved to Shap. Only in Cumbria eh?

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Up to #haweswater today,bagged 5 more wainwrights,rain on and off but not to bad....slice for energy